Craig "Sawman" Sawyer
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Craig Sawyer
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| Born | 1963 (age 53–54) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Former Navy SEAL, Technical advisor |
Craig R. "Sawman" Sawyer (born 1963) is a Marine veteran, former Navy SEAL, sniper, combat instructor. Sawyer is the owner of Tactical Insider, which brings technical advice on weapons and combat to Hollywood films and actors.
Sawyer began his military career with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1981, but switched to the U.S. Navy in 1986 to pursue a career in special operations as a Navy SEAL. He graduated from the Basic Underwater Demolition (BUD)/Sea, Air, Land (SEAL) training class 149 and served in SEAL Team ONE. Sawyer deployed during Gulf War and subsequently served as sniper instructor. He then went on to serve with the elite Naval Special Warfare Development Group till leaving the Navy in 1999. Throughout his career, Sawyer has become an expert in several military and combat disciplines like shooting; counter-terrorism; surveillance and counter-surveillance; climbing; criminal investigation; parachuting; and hand-to-hand combat, among others.
After his military career, Sawyer has run specialized teams to provide security to politicians and dignitaries including Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Donald Rumsfeld, and John Negroponte.
Sawyer founded Tactical Insider to provide training and technical advice to films, actors, and corporate clients. He has contributed to news shows like FOX News and CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He has also been a frequent contributor to History Channel's show Sniper: Deadliest Missions. Since 2010, Sawyer has been a recurring trainer for History's marksmen competition Top Shot, appearing in all five seasons. In 2013, Craig lead a team of fellow spec ops veterans on a series of tactical missions against rhino poachers in Africa. These missions were filmed and aired on Animal Planet's series, Battleground: Rhino Wars. In October 2017, following the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting, Sawyer was featured on a news show where he suggested that the crime was planned by democratic anti-gun lobbyists in the US and made to look like the work of a lone wolf attacker.
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